The mystical presence of Christ: the exceptional and the ordinary in late medieval religion
Divine person, divine and human natures -- Narrating the presence of the God-man -- Presupposition, intuition, and perception -- Prayer, meditation, and presence -- Liturgy and presence -- Person, personality, and gender -- The inculturation of Christ -- The presence of Christ in social dynamics --...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Ithaca London
Cornell University Press
2022
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| In: | Year: 2022 |
| Series/Journal: | Medieval societies, religions, and cultures
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Mysticism
/ Real presence
/ Presence of Christ
/ Mystical union
/ History 1250-1500
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| Further subjects: | B
Jesus Christ
Divinity
B Mystical Union B Jesus Christ Presence B Jesus Christ Apparitions and miracles |
| Summary: | Divine person, divine and human natures -- Narrating the presence of the God-man -- Presupposition, intuition, and perception -- Prayer, meditation, and presence -- Liturgy and presence -- Person, personality, and gender -- The inculturation of Christ -- The presence of Christ in social dynamics -- Christ as disciplinarian, bridegroom, and teacher in the life of Dorothea of Montau -- Recognized problems. "Explores the connections between exceptional experience of Christ's presence and ordinary Christocentric devotion and argues that for both exceptional and ordinary piety it was crucially important that Christ be seen as divine. Subjects examined in the book include German nuns of Helfta and later Dominicans, Margery Kempe, Angela of Foligno, Catherine of Siena, and Dorothea of Montau"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 1501765116 |